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Hanrahan is an Irish
surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
shared by many Irish people and descendants of Irish emigrants. The name is most common in the area of the Shannon Estuary (counties Kerry, Limerick and Clare) in Ireland. Through emigration the name has become fairly common in the US, the UK and other countries to which the Irish emigrated. Many famous people share this name as well. The name was originally spelled "hAnnracháin" and initially used in the Irish province of
Leinster Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ir ...
, where local nobles and kings with the name ruled. Variations include Hanradhan and Hanraghan. Many families within Ireland and those of emigrants from Ireland, of the Ó hAnnracháin family, Anglicised their names to "O'Hanrahan" or "Hanrahan". Eochaidh, King of Leinster, an early monarch who fled to Scotland in exile in 540, was the first ruler to bear the surname. The name originates from Anradhán, diminutive of the Old Irish word "ánradh", which translates as "warrior".


Famous people with the name


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Barbara Hanrahan Barbara Janice Hanrahan (1939–1991) was an Australian artist, printmaker and writer whose work featured relationships, women, women's issues and feminist ideology. Hanrahan was also known for her writings and short stories featuring coming ...
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n artist and writer *Barry Hanrahan,
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Assistant General Manager, Philadelphia Flyers NHL Hockey Team *
Bill Hanrahan William A. Hanrahan (September 14, 1918 – August 7, 1996) was an American radio and television announcer, perhaps best known as the "Voice of NBC News." Hanrahan's broadcasting career dated back to the 1940s, when he worked at WELI radio in New H ...
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announcer for ''
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Brian Hanrahan Brian Hanrahan (22 March 1949 – 20 December 2010) was a British television journalist, who was the Diplomatic News Editor for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Early life, education and early career Hanrahan was born in the cou ...
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correspondent, d. 2010 * Edmond M. Hanrahan,
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former
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Edward Hanrahan Edward Vincent Hanrahan (March 11, 1921 – June 9, 2009) was an American attorney and politician who served as Cook County State's Attorney from 1968 to 1972. Hanrahan had been a prospective successor to Mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daley. H ...
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State's Attorney for Illinois *
Emerald O'Hanrahan Emerald O’Hanrahan (born 1986) is an English actress known for playing Emma Grundy in ''The Archers'' on BBC Radio 4. Early life She was born and grew up in Cambridgeshire. Educated at St Mary's School, Cambridge until 2002, where she took p ...
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starred in the hit radio show
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Hugh Hanrahan Hugh F. Hanrahan (16 January 1947 – 19 May 1999) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada for the Edmonton—Strathcona electoral district from 1993 to 1997. His career has been in education and writing. Hanrahan was born in Antigoni ...
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member, d. 1999 *
Jack Hanrahan Jack Hanrahan (January 16, 1933 – April 28, 2008) was an American comedy writer. Biography Born January 16, 1933, in Cleveland, Ohio, he began writing cartoons for the '' Cleveland Press''. After that, he moved on to Hollywood, California a ...
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comedic writer, d. 2008 *
Jake Hanrahan Jake Hanrahan (born 23 January 1990) is a British journalist and documentary filmmaker from the East Midlands. He reports on war and conflict, focusing on militia forces, paramilitaries and guerrilla warfare. Hanrahan is best known for his wo ...
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James Hanrahan James Fox Hanrahan (September 14, 1923 – May 31, 2006) founded the St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, Connecticut in 1962 and served as the school's Headmaster until 1997 and Chancellor thereafter. Before founding the St. Thomas More School he ...
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founder of St. Thomas More school and coach *
JJ Hanrahan John Joseph Hanrahan (born 27 July 1992) is an Irish rugby union player who plays for Welsh club Dragons in the United Rugby Championship. He plays primarily as a fly-half, but can also play as a centre or fullback. Early years Hanrahan began ...
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Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
professional rugby player *
Joe Hanrahan Joe Hanrahan (born 21 March 1964 in Limerick) is an Irish former footballer who played during the 1980s and 1990s. He picked up many honours, including the FAI Cup in 1983–84 and was named PFAI Young Player of the Year in the same year. He pl ...
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Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
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Joel Hanrahan Joel Ryan Hanrahan (born October 6, 1981) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. Hanrahan was originally a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB) before moving to the closer role for the ...
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American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...
baseball player with the
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John Hanrahan John Hanrahan was an American farmer and politician. Born in Massachusetts, Hanrahan was a farmer and lived in the town of Granville, Wisconsin, in the community of Good Hope, Wisconsin. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1861 and 1863 ...
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Kevin Hanrahan Kevin T. Hanrahan (June 25, 1953 – September 18, 1992) was a mobster in Providence, Rhode Island, and freelance enforcer for the Patriarca crime family The Patriarca crime family (, ), also known as the New England Mafia, the Boston Mafia, ...
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Kieran Hanrahan Kieran Hanrahan (born 1957) is an Irish radio host and musician. Born in Ennis, County Clare, he began playing traditional Irish music on the tenor banjo at the age of fourteen. Over the years, Hanrahan has helped to found a number of tradition ...
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Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
musician and radio host *
Kip Hanrahan Kip Hanrahan (born December 9, 1954) is an American jazz music impresario, record producer and percussionist. Personal life Hanrahan was born in a Puerto Rican neighborhood in the Bronx to an Irish-Jewish family. His father left when he was 6 m ...
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musician *Liam Hanrahan,
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professional boxer *
Maura Hanrahan Caitlin Maura Hanrahan (born 1963) is a Canadian author and academic. Hanrahan is Board of Governors Research Chair and associate professor at University of Lethbridge and an adjunct professor with Memorial University's Environmental Policy Instit ...
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Michael Hanrahan Michael Hanrahan was an American politician. From the town of Granville, Wisconsin, Hanrahan lived in the community of Good Hope, Wisconsin. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, in 1858, as a Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may ...
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Michael O'Hanrahan Michael O'Hanrahan ( ga, Mícheál Ó hAnnracháin; 16 January 1877 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish rebel who was executed for his active role in the 1916 Easter Rising. Background He was born as Michael Hanrahan in New Ross, County Wexford, Irela ...
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Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
rebel leader executed by firing squad by the British during the 1916 Rising * Mike Hanrahan,
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Songwriter and former lead singer
Stockton's Wing Stockton's Wing is an Irish band formed in 1977 by four All-Ireland champion musicians; Paul Roche on flute/whistle, Maurice Lennon on fiddle, Tommy Hayes on bodhran, and Kieran Hanrahan on banjo/ mandolin, along with Tony Callinan on guita ...
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Milo Yiannopoulos Milo Yiannopoulos (; born Milo Hanrahan, 18 October 1984), who has also published as Milo Andreas Wagner and the mononym Milo, is a British alt-right political commentator. His speeches and writings often ridicule Islam, feminism, social justi ...
(born Milo Hanrahan), British journalist * Noelle Hanrahan,
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director for
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, noted for recording
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Will Hanrahan William Hanrahan is a British television/radio producer and presenter best known for working on BBC programmes such as ''Watchdog'' and ''Good Morning''. Since 1994 he has headed an independent TV company which currently produces studio progr ...
, British TV Producer and Presenter *
Pegeen Hanrahan Margaret "Pegeen" Hanrahan (born c. 1966) was the mayor of Gainesville, Florida, her native city, from 2004 through 2010. Described by ''The Nation'' as a "vegetarian, bike-riding environmentalist", Hanrahan has been active in politics since she ...
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American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...
mayor of
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Pat Hanrahan Patrick M. Hanrahan (born 1954) is an American computer graphics researcher, the Canon USA Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Computer Graphics Laboratory at Stanford University. His research focuses on rendering algo ...
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American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...
professor at
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* Peter Hanrahan,
Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
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Robb Hanrahan Robert John Hanrahan (April 11, 1962 – July 1, 2022) was an American television journalist who previously worked as a newscaster for WHP-TV, the CBS affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He announced his retirement on February 7, 2021, after ...
, former news anchor *Robert Hanrahan,
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n musician * Robert P. Hanrahan, former U. S. representative *
Will Hanrahan William Hanrahan is a British television/radio producer and presenter best known for working on BBC programmes such as ''Watchdog'' and ''Good Morning''. Since 1994 he has headed an independent TV company which currently produces studio progr ...
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British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
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In fiction

* Owen Red Hanrahan, fictional character who appears in several works by
William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish liter ...
* Peter "Red" Hanrahan, character in ''
Dragonriders of Pern ''Dragonriders of Pern'' is a science fantasy series written primarily by American author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967. Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with Anne. ...
'' *Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan, news economic correspondent in ''
The Day Today ''The Day Today'' is a British comedy television show that parodies television news and current affairs programmes, broadcast in 1994 on BBC2. It was created by Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris and is an adaptation of the radio programme '' ...
'' * Sorka Hanrahan, character in ''
Dragonriders of Pern ''Dragonriders of Pern'' is a science fantasy series written primarily by American author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967. Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with Anne. ...
'' *Timothy P. Hanrahan, the real name of the fictional character
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from the ''
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'' franchise *Tommy Hanrahan, a hockey goalie in ''
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'' who gets goaded into a fight after Reg Dulop calls his wife a dyke


hAnnracháin

*Neasa Ní hAnnrachain, Irish actress *Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin, Irish author


Hanrahan in other media


Poetry

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Said Hanrahan "Said Hanrahan" is a poem written by the Australian bush poet John O'Brien, the pen name of Roman Catholic priest Patrick Joseph Hartigan. The poem's earliest known publication was in July 1919 in ''The Catholic Press'', appearing in 1921 in the ...
'' – a poem by Australian poet John O'Brien


See also

* Handrahan


References

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External links


Hanrahan
at the House of Names
John Hanrahan's genealogy of the Hanrahan familyThe Hanrahan Game
Anglicised Irish-language surnames Septs of the Dál gCais